[ISLMA-Share] Outside the Box.

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I once worked at a school that had "Interim." It was a weeklong study of an
event or an era. Groups were responsible for research and presentation of a
smaller topic within the larger topic. For example: the 60s. That was a lot
of fun, and the students and teachers all enjoyed the week; plus the final
project was a graded event by a committee of teachers. It was very uniting
because the teachers were so involved. Some of the older teachers dressed
as dead-headers, etc. Of course, the kids were shocked that people with
their PhD ever listened to music at all.
I hope you can get your teachers on board. It is a very progressive form of
education, so you need a 100% enthusiastic faculty.
Colleen Beierle

Colleen Beierle
“The mission for school library programs is to ensure that students are
effective users of ideas and information by being critical thinkers,
enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of
information.”

Zorana Ercegovac





On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> My high school is trying to think outside the box for 2-3 days - we want
> to take 2-3 days before spring break and have the kids learn something they
> don't have in their regular schedules. i.e. the shop teacher teaches a
> session in playing euchre or the English teacher teaches knitting. We may
> bring in a few outside community leaders to help.
> I need help with ideas to present to the "stubborn" teachers.  I know
> other schools have done this before-- What did you call it? I don't want to
> reinvent the wheel I would love to hear your ideas!
>
> Developing Independent Life Long Learners!
>
> Feel free to email me off the listserve.
>
> --
> Jennifer Carlson
> jcarlson at rowva.k12.il.us
> ROWVA LMC Director
> Junior Class Sponsor
> Student Council Sponsor
>
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